Matt said:
When I put Windows into standby, AOL Instant Messenger disconnects.
Not a problem, except that the disconnection is activity, hence it
takes my computer out of standby.
In other words, with AIM connected, if I put my computer into standby,
it immediately exits.
Is there a way to run a script upon initiation of standby?
Hi,
You can use the WMI class Win32_PowerManagementEvent to detect a
standby event.
Try the vbscript below and see what you get as result (put it in a
file with .vbs as file extension name).
Win32_PowerManagementEvent WMI class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_powermanagementevent.asp
When you have adjusted the VBScript to your requirements, I suggest you
set it to start as part of the user logon, e.g. by adding a new entry
to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
registry key, and using a launch command something like this:
wscript.exe "C:\Scripts\HandleStandbyEvent.vbs"
A vbscript example (will loop forever until terminated):
'--------------------8<----------------------
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set colMonitoredEvents = GetObject("winmgmts:")._
ExecNotificationQuery("Select * from Win32_PowerManagementEvent")
Do
Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
Select Case objLatestEvent.EventType
Case 4
' Launch Calc
oShell.Run "Calc.exe", 1, False
MsgBox "Entering suspend, Calc started", _
vbInformation + vbSystemModal, "Suspend"
Case 7
' To run a batch file hidden, you can do like this:
'oShell.Run """C:\My scripts\mybatch.bat""", 0, False
' Launch Notepad
oShell.Run "Notepad.exe", 1, False
MsgBox "Resuming from suspend, notepad started", _
vbInformation + vbSystemModal, "Suspend"
Case 11
MsgBox "OEM Event happened, OEMEventCode = " _
& strLatestEvent.OEMEventCode
Case 18
MsgBox "Resume Automatic happened"
End Select
Loop
'--------------------8<----------------------
WSH 5.6 documentation (local help file) can be downloaded from here
if you haven't got it already:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp